Ultima Online:
Third Dawn
Electronic Arts
et sa division ORIGIN Systems d'Austin, Texas on
devoilé aujourd'hui au à leur premier annual
Ultima Online World Faire au Austin Convention
Center leur plan de sortir Ultima Online: Third
Dawn l'année prochaine.
Le Beta test sera
ouvert bientôt.
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EA's
Ultima Online To Enter New Dimension; Ultima
Online: Third Dawn to Feature 3-D Characters, New
Lands and Monsters; Unveiling Takes Place at
Inaugural UO World Faire
Call it a
makeover, an exciting new look, a change of face
or just the latest chapter for the Internet's
most popular virtual world. Today, Electronic
Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and its Austin, Texas
subsidiary, ORIGIN Systems(TM), announced plans
to launch Ultima(TM) Online: Third Dawn(TM) early
next year. Third Dawn is the latest upgrade to
the highly successful Ultima Online (UO) game,
which currently boasts more than 200,000 active
subscribers. Third Dawn was formally unveiled
this morning at the first annual Ultima Online
World Faire taking place today and tomorrow at
the Austin Convention Center.
With
Third Dawn, Ultima Online will be more immersive
than ever with fully animated, motion captured
3-D characters, each with enhanced gesturing and
animations. In all, Third Dawn will feature more
than 700 motion-captured animations on nearly 200
different character models. An enhanced lighting
and shading system, a new land to explore, more
than a dozen new monsters, a particle system for
spell and magic effects and improved music and
sound effects will make Ultima Online look and
sound better than ever before.
"Third
Dawn is really going to give our players a brand
new way to experience Ultima Online's virtual
world," says Gordon Walton, ORIGIN's vice
president for online services. "We're not
just adding more of the same thing. We're
creating 3-D technology that will enhance how
each person plays and identifies with their
character. It opens up an emotional attachment
between players and their avatars that we've
never had before in Ultima Online."
Third
Dawn also will allow development teams greater
latitude to make additions and enhancements to UO
long after Third Dawn launches. With Third Dawn,
ORIGIN Systems is making a commitment to its
players and fans for a long time to come.
Ultima
Online: Third Dawn was announced this morning at
the Inaugural Ultima Online World Faire. More
than 800 Ultima Online players from around the
world are attending the two-day event which
includes roundtable and panel discussions, period
costumes and music, medieval weaponry and art
exhibits, a Renaissance village of vendors, a
charity auction, parties and game demos.
Beta
testing for Ultima Online: Third Dawn will begin
soon and will be open to current UO players only.
More information on Third Dawn can be found at http://www.uo.com/thirddawn.
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